If you have installed mods in Skyrim make sure you delete them first in-game before you uninstall Skyrim. Steam/Bethesda will remember which mods you have installed in-game. Very annoying cause you could go through this clean install tutorial and ran into the problem I had. You can manually delete everything out of folder and it won't matter. Steam/Bethesda will remember which mods you install in-game via mods menu in the Skyrim game. Spent a lot of time doing this and it is very annoying.
Oof, thank you for taking the time to write this down. I completely forgot about steam workshop. I will pin your comment and make sure to add that in the 2020 revision!
Damn. I did not do that and I just got done clearing everything. I was having a hard time getting into the bethesda net mod menu. The stupid thing would crash everytime I tried get into that mod menu.
@@taikajorma7276 *Why do anything at all?* If you're insinuating about me, please share. Not sure why you are asking me a question followed by *"lol"* like I did something stupid.
U dont need to delete mods from bethesdha, just disable them, when u clean install and go back to skyrim login menu again and go to mods ur downloaded mods will still be there but not active, if u want clean install, disable all mods first from bethesda, nmm, vortex, etc, once all disable check ur plugins, if its clear then its time to delete ur data folder in steam/steamapps/common/skyrim special edition/data. But better if u just delete the whole sse with the data folder with it, since some mods messed up ur skyrim files as well. Then just install back from steam again, whole new sse with no mods, but u dont nees to download mods again since u already have them. Just activate and use loot to take care of the load order. Or if u feels like u can make the load order urself its even better.
Alright. I really like this concept of your guide. I'm a very experienced modder so I probably know all this stuff already but it's still good and fun to watch nonetheless.
I haven't watched more then two videos and I already feel more informed then the past two weeks looking into help for beginners. Just got a gaming laptop to start myself in modding Skyrim and haven't known where to start. Never liked the hand holding and just want someone to tell it to me straight. So happy I came across your playlist. Appreciated Immensely.
Well after 2000+ hours in modding Skyrim legendary and after 2yrs of pause and with new gpu it seems my wife will not be very happy when she sees my freshly installed SE:(
Fuck that kind of wife, if you as a man provide shelter & food in the household then she has absolute no right to tell you how you spend your free time, if you think otherwise then you are a lowlife -Jason
Finally installing Skyrim SE on my PC. I have worked with mods on my Xbox, but it is time for the major leagues. Your info is extremely insightful and detailed. I'll be tuning in for more content. Thank you.
I have like 2200hrs in Skyrim and I never really bothered with the Remaster but I have the itch to just mod it because tinkering with the Game is almost more fun than actually playing. Pretty much every time I play I see something that is not 100% perfect and then I go on to fixing it. I started to edit most Mods myself and tweak them to my liking.
This series is just what I was looking for! I have been playing Skyrim on my XBox 1 for a couple years, and I am going to play it on PC. In the last video (The Overview), he is right.....modding the game on console IS different than on PC. Thank you for this series, it is helping me a lot!!
3:11 Probably someone else in the comments mentioned this already, but you cant install Steam games on to the same drive Windows is on outside of program files. The Steam client installs to program files and you cant have two steam game locations on a single drive. If you only have a single drive or your OS drive is your only SSD, then the best solution is to use drive management to shrink the OS partition and create a new second partition on the SSD. Then install steam games to the new partition. Another option, if you have 2 drives and windows is the only SSD, is to uninstall steam from C and reinstall it on the slower second drive. Then install the games to C in a folder NOT inside any of the windows created folders NB: Moving programs off of the C drive could cause issues. e.g. secondary drives may be set to sleep if inactive and so can cause long pauses when you try to access them
@@aielias89 Yep, but most people will install steam to the default location and so to follow instructions telling them to not install steam games in the programs files directory but to keep it on C they will need to backup all their games, uninstall steam, reinstall steam outside of program files, put back the game data and then redownload the games. Unless you know a quicker way? My C drive is an NVME. I have steam client installed in program files and I have a second partition where the steam games are installed to.
I played Skyrim SEE modding for a long time using vortex but didnt rly know what i was doing , just following some guides for some specific mods but that was all...I ended up with around 50 mods installed and i just messed up my game and got countless errors and couldnt run my game anymore and couldnt find a fix until i decided to just start all over again just clean and i apprieciate the series its just what i needed.
Too everyone having problems with only having your one drive availaible. Go into Disk Management, Rightclick on your c: drive and click shrink you can then create a virtual secondary drive by basically cutting off extra space from your main one. This is a great way to make backups. I just used this method to take 75gb off of my C: drive just for skyrim.
You know, I've been wondering where all of my disc space went. Well, I just figured out that it went to the 100 GIGS OF MODS I HAVE DOWNLOADED. Thanks for the guide man, it helped a lot!
Just coming back to modding after a 4(?) year break (back when SE was young, SKSE64 was barely functional and oldrim was still preferred by a lot of modders). Man, I really miss the soothing tones of Gopher's MO1 guides. This is a tutorial video by a guy who sounds like he's sick of explaining the stuff he's teaching. There was a point where I literally caught myself expecting him to add "you piece of shit" to the end of a sentence. "Why did I think he was gonna say that?", I asked myself, until I realized that it would be consistent with his tone through the whole video.
The guy probably spent hours making this vid and deciding what way he would explain a very helpful tip to new comers. He’s absolutely right. Windows overprotects software in program files which then cause issues with mods like papyrus. When downloading that file it threatened windows security. You have to spend time figuring how to work around that for many mod tools and downloads from various sites considered untrustworthy by windows but are safe to use. He’s saving ppl dealing with that by installing it to a more external less protected memory bank. The tone is one of “oh! please don’t do this.. just save yourselves the hassle peeps.” Great video. It will also drop your load times considerably in game loading and when installing and deploying mods.
Does everything he said seem obvious to you? Like breathing? Because its like learning a new language for me, I barely learned any computer stuff in school, so I need the step by step and explanations
Probably not relevant now since it was 4 months ago, but all you do to get round this problem is make sure ALL steam applications are closed (including task manager stuff like bootStrapper) and simply go into your programs folder and "cut" the steam folder and paste it in your root directory (The directory that has the ACTUAL program Files, program Files(x86) folders etc.) and the "Steam" folder should appear in this root directory. That removes it from program files and changes the location of steam. Since it's now been moved, all the exe's won't respond on your computer, make sure to click into Steam folder; find and run Steam.exe simply just pin it to your task bar for future reference and run it from task bar when ever you load steam up and you're done. Skyrim is now moved away from program files, happy modding.
@@craignichols9552 So now I just simply install Skyrim on this C rooted copy of Steam? I no longer need to change folders in the download section? as its naturally not a program file anymore?
I only have one hard drive so I will need to install into C. However, Steam will not let me change the default directory. It gives me a pop up that says I already have a directory in C and steam will do it for me. Any help? For now, it seems I have to download to program files until I figure this out.
i only have the c folder and it only comes up with the program folder, i feel stupid but how on earth am i supposed to fix this?? how can i possibly install it in any other folder
For me I moved "steam" to C drive "games folder". Do this by finding your steam folder in program files and delete everything EXCEPT 1- steamapps file folder 2- user data file folder 3- steam application. Now highlight the 3 remaining folders and right click and choose cut. Then highlight either your C drive or C drive games file folder and right click and choose paste. Now start steam and it will automatically add the other junk back in when it see's you moved it. I haven't had too many problems with load times, I have 1000gb with 300 available. When I am finished modding I usually end up with about 100gb still free, my load times are about 2-3 mins to start the game and 20-30 seconds to respawn or exit/enter a building. I use a gtx 1060 6gb, 4k monitor, 3840x2160 res, ram16gb, AMD Ryzen3 1200 quadcore. So it's about 1 or 2 notches below what he is using and graphics hover between medium and high settings. I also stay away from ENB's and grass mods.....and have only a few small 4k mods installed. I think it looks and preforms about 65% of what this video is showing you.
idk if this will answer your question. but if you are unable to create a new steam libraby to install game somewhere else besides the normal steam installation. go to your steam app. press steam on the top left. open settings. go to downloads. and press steam libraby folders. it will open a small window showing all available existing. and you can add new steam librabys
*You watched a video about modding and got +100 intelligence* *But since you knew most of the stuff, you only kept +2 intelligence* *Also, since you deleted your entire Skyrim without knowing that you already did everything the video tells you to do, you lost -50 intelligence*
Long story short, this tutorial was to do stuff that I ALREADY did, but since I'm stupid and don't think before acting, I uninstalled my game, and all my installed mods, so I have to wait a looong time to get everything back...
There's a program to create a second library on the same SSD for steam. This saved me a lot of time as all I had to do was move the install folder for Skyrim SE but you'll make up for it in the future if you plan on modding other games.
Cool man, ty. This was very helpful. I just started using mods in the game and before I knew it, my mod list really had no scheme into how I was planning to play the game and I had alot of mods I'd might consider to be bloatware as I was running or even turning off duplicate operations. I would say the best way to enjoy a load out is to make an organized list of mods that are best at what they do. And pick n choose very specifically based on how you are planning to play during that mod list
I know this was posted 3 years ago but would doing anything in the video make my game look like that with a baked potato for a PC lol, I mean I sometimes get 60 FPS just standing around doing nothing lol, but i get at most if i'm luck like 30ish FPS lowest i've gotten was a whopping 6PS in combat? But I'll still watch the video and try cause for some reason I trust you :).
Also I will add that for me in my case of having games on an external SSD I haven't really noticed any big changes to loading times with a few mods, but I have noticed it with only Skyrim other games load the same and some load a little quicker then others only by 3 seconds, thanks for that advice, I'll most likely use another drive.
I just made a clean install. It was my first time modding, but I just was too uninformed and even though everything worked and I was truly learning along the way....the game became too buggy for me......I never got past Bleak Falls Barrow. THIS TIME! I WILL BE STRONGER AND SMARTER.
Ignore what he said there, you can keep Skyrim in the C drive without any issues. He's talking shit. I've been playing and modding the game for years. You won't have a problem keeping it there.
Does installing steam to a separate folder in the C drive, which is not under either program files folder, help avoid the administrator problems that can be encountered
I cannot do anything about having steam download skyrim to a modded games folder in my c drive root directory as it says 'selected drive already has a steam library folder. steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you' and my modded games folder that i had created doesn't show up when i am installing the game. edit: i found out how to fix this issue on my own, i will leave this up for anyone with the same issue; you have to re install steam out of your program files folder and into your c drive root directory
I’m not very computer savvy and new to modding. Anyway, I moved steam to my new ssd, but I noticed you left steam in your C root directory and created a steam library folder in your D root directory. Could I have both in my new ssd root directory without any issue? Or would that be redundant?
Steam doesn't allow you anymore to change your installation folder. When I try to do so steam just says "Selected drive already has a library folder. Steam will manage multiple games install in a single folder for you" and thus doesn't let me create a second library folder.
yep so just put it in C for me my only SSD my other drives are hdd, its just a good idea to put it on a different ssd drive than the os but it can still go on C drive. If you fuc it up then uninstall and put it back on your E or F drive....
@7:34 I encounter the following error "An error occurred while installing The Elder Scrols... Edition (disk write error). I looked on the interwebs for a solution but I couldn't fix it. I really enjoy your guides, and I think you are brilliant for this. I would like to continue the process but I am stuck. I could really use some help. I hav no Skyrim to mod at this point.
Steam won't let me add another steamapps game directory on the same drive. And I only have 1 SSD on my PC. So it's forcing me to use the steam directory in my "program files" to download Skyrim into... How do i get around this to have a clean install of Skyrim outside of program files, and just on my C:\ drive?
if i want to set my steam games library to somewhere else but in the same drive, it says it cant. i installed steam on the d: disk and want to make skyrim install on a seperate folder (steam libraries, just like you did/said) and same d: disk, but steam just doesnt make it work. it worked for you because you had steam downloaded on the C: disk and changed game libraries to the d: disk. btw the discord server doesnt work or something. i asked something in the modding help server and nobody that responds
Your steam installation folder will already have a games library by default and you can only have one library per drive. Just make sure your steam is installed where you want the library to be and it'll be fine.
Hey I'm getting back into modding and wanted to ask something. My local c drive is my ssd. Should I buy another one for modding? You said in here use an ssd but not your local c drive. Thanks! PS. My other drive (F) drive is a 2tb hd I don't want to play Skyrim on a HD.
Hey man I am having some serious problems creating a new folder on the SAME DRIVE for my Steam Library that is not Program Files, it keeps insisting that Steam will automatically pile everything into programs data and gives me an alert noise every time I attempt to create the new folder. I cannot proceed until I get past this seemingly simple to solve hurdle that I cant find the solution to. I would literally pay you for a Skype support call right now I am INFURIATED at this restriction!
Hello! not the person you're hoping to hear from BUT I too am in a position to take full advantage of Ai Cave's advice. For them to leave out the instructions for moving the folders AFTER telling people that the default 'Program Files' and 'Program Files(x86)' locations cause issues is... an over sight. Loking forwards to a link or vid on how to successfully set up a new install path etc. Best wishes to your endeavours as well Killjoy.Z!
This is an explanation I found on Steam's website. Going to try it now. Wish me luck lol! Moving a Steam Installation and Games support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129
@@aielias89 thanks man, will that delete it from my computer as well? I already started trying to mod it but want to start over and follow your guide. Thanks!
You could also FRESH install steam and then change games / downloads directory from the steam's options. You will have all your newly downloaded games in that newly designated folder. Please, also note, that you would have to move / link (MKLINK command) your download folder (inside steam's) to that location in order for steam to "see" those.
ALSO: you can do same trick with your saves folder. Say you want your game to save your games in drive E: instead of C: - then you do it like so: MKLINK /D E:\Your_New_Skyrim_saves_dir "C:\Users\your_user\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Saves" Just remember: 1. Move your skyrim saves directory to a new destination 2. be sure to delete the default location (C:\....Skyrim Special Edition\Saves) 3. Use quotes shown above. Windows Explorer doesn't react well to blank spaces in directories' names :-) 4. You probably have to run this command with system administrator privileges. 5. Enjoy. Now, if you happen to remove your skyrim's dir on your drive C: they are still safe on that other drive :-)
One thing that was missing in this video. It is important to not give a try on using an SD card as an installation root for your Steam games. The loading for DATA's will be slower and crappy and you don't want this to happen. It is well recommended to use an INTERNAL HDD or SSD instead of external. In conclusion, it is best to use a DESKTOP gaming pc instead of a Laptop unless you truly have a powerful one with lots of space in your SSD root.
im confused on my save games folder. the location you mentioned contains all my saves for a playthrough i did 2 years ago, but my current save is nowhere to be found. obviously it exists *somewhere* on my machine because my game can load it up perfectly fine. but i have absolutely no clue where to find it
i find this on a steam support.. If you're low on space on the drive you have Steam installed, you can move the Steam folder to a different location. Here's an example of how to move the Steam installation between two hard drives: -Log out and exit Steam -Navigate to the folder where Steam is installed (by default: C:\Program Files\Steam\) -Delete all of the files and folders except the SteamApps folder and Steam.exe -Cut and paste your Steam folder to the new location, for example: D:\Games\Steam\ -Launch Steam -Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play -All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder D:\Games\Steam\Steamapps\
I have a question... yall do know how to just Partition your hard drive? It makes it so virtually there is more than one drive but hardware wise it is just one. So if you have a tb ssd you can set it to a 750 gb drive and a 250 gb drive. People often just have their operating system on one drive and everything else on another incase of a virus or something of the sort.
On my new laptop there is win 11 & only C drive, for some reason i can't pick another folder to install the game on. I tried, it still installs it on program files anyway! Dude i think this guide needs a little update on win 11 & Skyrim AE
So question… I watched this video and it’s great information, but I haven’t downloaded Skyrim yet… Does that mean I can skip a lot of this videos steps since technically I have a clean vanilla install already when I download?
Probably means we will have to uninstall Steam and have it set the library elsewhere once we reinstall. I don't think it's possible to have two separate libraries on the same drive. Unfortunate.
You've probably already figured this out by now, but no. I'm pretty sure this guide is just for people who've already installed mods and want a clean start.
You're talking about a separate SSD for installing Skyrim, to avoid installing on C: drive. I agree with this, but does it have to be a separate physical SSD or is it enough to have a second partition on the same SSD with C: drive? The latter is probably enough if you're just worried about permission issues, but maybe you have some bottleneck in mind that will slow down the game because the operating system is on the same physical disk as the game?
Hello there I have just downloaded Skyrim Special Edition through Steam and it installed in the program files folder.In one of your videos you mention that you can save time by copying the data folder from the skyrim folder to the new skyrim folder you created and then you uninstall and reinstall skyrim in the new path you created.Does that mean that you save time from the redownload time it takes to download skyrim? Please let me know because my internet speed is extremely low and I can not redownload the whole thing from scratch.Thank you very much anyway,keep up the great work and thank you for making these guides I am just getting into modding.
Hiya, I am new to your channel and sorry for my newby questions, what are the benefits of Mod Organiser compared to Nexus & Vortex ? (aware vortex is update to nexus). I am currently about to start Fallout 4 after breaking it last time around due to installing mods or doing something in game were i lost all audio and was not able to get back the sound, i have heard of MO for a while now but was a bit scared to use it as i was under the impression that it was more for the developer or mod maker, don't ask why i thought that i just did, i have learnt my modding skills from the TH-camr Gopher who to be fair is very meticulous and had been a great help to us Newby Modders,
Hi, welcome! Alright so, one benefit of MO2 is that you won't have to reinstall your entire game if you mess up something. Just select a new profile and whalla. Another HUGE benefit is that you can manually sort your INSTALLATION order without uninstalling and reinstalling mods in a particular order (just drag and drop). Real time saver that. It also has a bunch of awesome features for filtering when your modlist is overflowing and overall it was designed to work specifically with Creation Engine games unlike Vortex/NMM which are desgined to be universal. Overall, more power and less frustration in the long run.
@@aielias89 thank you very much, i have two more questions which are should i totally un-install nexus and all mods if this is possible before i start ? also i use steam so hoping path is the same for MO2 as it was for Nexus ie... documents/steam/steamapps/common/fallout 4/data/ for my mods ? and for the script extender the above but /fallout 4/ part for SE ? Hope you can help as i have yet to complete fallout 4 and the DLC'S and i do love the fallout games and while got some time of work i would love to playagain
@@kaltonian It's bad practice to use multiple mod managers/steam workshop/Bethesda Net so I would. If you are switch to MO2, be sure you have a clean install of your game and unsubscribe from any Workshop or BethNet mods. That way you don't get weird conflicts. You can customize the directory in the MO2 installer but I make a suggestion for where I believe it to be best.
@@aielias89 yeah it's the only reason i am considering it is because of a new clean instalation of game and I have never used any mods from Bethesda only nexus, i noticed in my nexus folder that the mods are still there but not activated so if i delete nexus it should delete all mods yeah ? Anyway thank you so much for replying you now have a new subscriber 😊👍
Hi Ai Clave; I'm sorry I don't speak a good English but I try to explain my dubts. First of all thanks for your guides they have been very usefull for me ... but I have a question to avoid any wrong installation of SSE ... Let me begin 1) Youi said the "most important thing" is to don't use Programms files to install Steam and/or SSE ...; this is reasonable but unfortunately I have have just one TB SSD in my NotebookGaming PC ... so first question is which is the best solution in your opinion ? A) To Buy a "separate SSD" with 1TB (or less) too with a speed over 1000Mb/s ... (3.1 new USB solution) B) Create different folders for 1)Steam, 2)SSE installation (i.e. SteamSSE) and for 3)MO2 (i.e. SteamMO2mods) ? ... C) Install SSE under Steam (just to let you better understand --> leaving Steam the default installation) ... In my opinion this "first" step is very important because in your video you said that installing SKSE64 you have to copy the files & folders under C:\Steam\Steamapps\Common etcetera ... which is different from what you are saying in your "Clean Installation Guide video" ... So I'm sorry but I'm just a little bit confuse; so which is the "best solution" to apply for a first time installation in a new PC ? Many thanks in advacnce for your replies ... Ciao Stefano (Milan)
@@aielias89 well I hope all goes well for you man, looking forward to your future content I'm sure I'm speaking for many of your viewers when I say that 🤙
I did a reinstall and when I attempted to run the game, Steam started restoring deleted save games. I don't know how many they have, but each one takes about 15 seconds to be restored and the game appears unable to fully start until the process is complete. There could be hundreds of saves so this could take a very long time. It would have been nice to know how to prevent this part.
"Selected Drive has a Steam Library Folder. Steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you" Fucking great so I can't even do the first step :) Guess I'll just hail mary it with good ol' steam!
How do I do a clean install of MO2??? I screwed something up somewhere after the tutorials ran out and I need to start over-- but, I never get the option of selecting "instance" or "portable," anymore-- not since my first attempt. More disastrously, I'm stuck with programs that are no longer present on my hard drive listed on the MO2 drop-down menu. If I try to install them, I can; but, they don't appear as installed mods on the lists, which is, I presume, a sign that things are not installed correctly. I'd have a shot, at least, at getting this damned program to work if I could only get a clean start at installing things; but, despite my best efforts, I can get nowhere with this after days of aggravatingly little (no) progress. I've learned many things that _don't_ work; I'm out of new ideas for anything more promising. This is strongly recommended as the mod organizer to use, now, after about 15 years of my using FOMOD and NMM. I am very lost when it comes to installing things like FNIS on MO2, even trying to follow a tutorial, I guess; but, I expected trial-and-error to be an option for learning this. Apparently, since I didn't 100% succeed on my first attempt, I'm permanently shut out of this goddamned program. I'm no stranger to clean installs, but, this seems to store information in some unnamed dynamic link library or God-only-knows what, and I haven't a clue as to what to do other than give up until I get some help. All I can do, now, is repeat things that already haven't worked, and I've tired of that insanity. P L E A S E H E L P ! ! !
when I try to tell steam where to download skyrimse to it says it already has "selected drive already has a steam library, steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you" and then when i hit ok the folder i created on the root C: directory doesnt show up...what do i do?
Love this playlist, thank you for the help! One question: Is it bad to install to an SSD if you're not installing to the root directory? I already have my file location for steam games in my SSD but it's setup like this (R:\Folder\SteamLibrary) rather than (R:\SteamLibrary) like yours is.
i have a problem, i made a folder just for my modded games on my 2nd ssd which i use for unmodded games in a different folder. anyways when i go to install a game to the modded one that folder doesnt show up in steam only the folder that holds my unmodded games
Hey 1st time sub just want to say thank you for the well thought out and easy to follow guide 100% clean install. It is good to see this, as alot of what is out there is all over the place if you ask 5 people what the best setup is you will get 40 different answers that have nothing to do with the Question in the first place. I myself am new to modding skyrim, However The game is better with mods then without makes a 10 year old game feel new and fresh. With that said Will you be using the tools associated with skyrim ie Loot,ssse wyre bash ans such i dont need a hand hold but a basic this is what these tools are used for and this is how you do it Guide would be amazing Wyre, sseedit and some of the tools are not easy to use even reading through them its made more for the content creator rather then just the modded game user if that makes sence but the tools are made to optimize installs like cleaning folders or making simple bash edits, the main issue ive run into as of today after 6+ fresh installs is now overwrites i still do not understand why stuff from example lovelabs would interfere or have anthing to do with say a visual mod like flora. with all that ive spent the better part of the last 5 day researching and trying to learn the new tools and i really hope this is my final stop. casu thus far it is the best yet. This is not rocket science but very time consuming the rabbit holes you can dig omg it is amazing.
I dont have any mods yet. Can I still do the thing where you copy your files to the new folder instead of uninstalling and reinstalling skyrim? I would have to leave home again and soend another hour downloading. 😅
Exactly how/ how much would I suffer is I installed on cdrive? I'm playing on my uni laptop and I can't afford an external ssd. I'm pretty sure I have decent/ok specs if that plays a part in it.
I use a gaming laptop for Skyrim. Since i cant put an SSD inside of it, would it be stupid to invest into an external SSD to use for Skyrim and Modding?
@@topgopnik lucky you then, the laptop available for me 3-5 years ago were only Nvidia optimus versions, they never release non optimus ones. since optimus conflicts with ENB or other High graphics modding it was very bad for Skyrim, same with other games. now I don't know the 2019 laptop versions, although pretty sure the high end desktop still win by a mile vs laptop ones.
Also I am doing this for Fallout 4 I know most steps are basically the same and have most of this down. I am just doing it to familiarize myself with the whole process so I don't have to refer back to the videos every time. Would a full on Fallout4 series of the same thing be stupid to ask for?
MO2 default working directory is User/AppData. I always symlink to a non OS hdd, preferably to the same disk as the game is installed. To have MO2 loading mods from the disk containing Windows is a big downside IMO.
yanno if you make these videas with ALL of your screen in the picture so we can actually see where these file directories go, youll cut the number of questions given to you by half, just adding the URL at the top of the screen would tremendously help newbie modders who havent got a clue what your saying or doing either because your doing it too quickly to actually be traced or your talking about files that youve accidently changed the name of, for example, some people might be modding in a seperate folder or with multiple game folders, if we can see exactly which file your in then just saying 'game file' wouldnt sound so confusing
If you have installed mods in Skyrim make sure you delete them first in-game before you uninstall Skyrim. Steam/Bethesda will remember which mods you have installed in-game. Very annoying cause you could go through this clean install tutorial and ran into the problem I had. You can manually delete everything out of folder and it won't matter. Steam/Bethesda will remember which mods you install in-game via mods menu in the Skyrim game. Spent a lot of time doing this and it is very annoying.
Oof, thank you for taking the time to write this down. I completely forgot about steam workshop. I will pin your comment and make sure to add that in the 2020 revision!
Damn. I did not do that and I just got done clearing everything. I was having a hard time getting into the bethesda net mod menu. The stupid thing would crash everytime I tried get into that mod menu.
marylain69 Why would you download games from there lol
@@taikajorma7276 *Why do anything at all?* If you're insinuating about me, please share. Not sure why you are asking me a question followed by *"lol"* like I did something stupid.
U dont need to delete mods from bethesdha, just disable them, when u clean install and go back to skyrim login menu again and go to mods ur downloaded mods will still be there but not active, if u want clean install, disable all mods first from bethesda, nmm, vortex, etc, once all disable check ur plugins, if its clear then its time to delete ur data folder in steam/steamapps/common/skyrim special edition/data. But better if u just delete the whole sse with the data folder with it, since some mods messed up ur skyrim files as well. Then just install back from steam again, whole new sse with no mods, but u dont nees to download mods again since u already have them. Just activate and use loot to take care of the load order. Or if u feels like u can make the load order urself its even better.
You really should put these videos in a playlist so people can follow this guide better in the future.
Alright. I really like this concept of your guide. I'm a very experienced modder so I probably know all this stuff already but it's still good and fun to watch nonetheless.
@Bilbo Ballbag I'm not using sos so I can't tell you but from what I just found on 30 seconds of googling they seem to be compatible with eachother.
They are
Greetings, from the future... good idea brah that’s why I’m here!
I haven't watched more then two videos and I already feel more informed then the past two weeks looking into help for beginners. Just got a gaming laptop to start myself in modding Skyrim and haven't known where to start. Never liked the hand holding and just want someone to tell it to me straight. So happy I came across your playlist. Appreciated Immensely.
I appreciate the kind words mate! Check out the content on my personal channel for more. :)
These videos are like a free version of what should be on Master Class as "The Art of Modding Skyrim." Well done so far.
"so fresh and so clean clean"
Subscribing just for that
I lost it when you called vanilla Skyrim "stable".
I just installed the game fresh and I got it to crash literally within 30 seconds. In the mod menus...
"AlL oF tHiS jUsT wOrKs!"
Well after 2000+ hours in modding Skyrim legendary and after 2yrs of pause and with new gpu it seems my wife will not be very happy when she sees my freshly installed SE:(
Fuck that kind of wife, if you as a man provide shelter & food in the household then she has absolute no right to tell you how you spend your free time, if you think otherwise then you are a lowlife
-Jason
@@boredoflife8703 Anyone who leaves a signature at the end of their messages on the internet is a super dingus.
Finally installing Skyrim SE on my PC. I have worked with mods on my Xbox, but it is time for the major leagues. Your info is extremely insightful and detailed. I'll be tuning in for more content. Thank you.
I have like 2200hrs in Skyrim and I never really bothered with the Remaster but I have the itch to just mod it because tinkering with the Game is almost more fun than actually playing. Pretty much every time I play I see something that is not 100% perfect and then I go on to fixing it. I started to edit most Mods myself and tweak them to my liking.
Why not make a total game overhaul?
That will keep you busy for a while xD
True. I love modding but its a dangerous addiction :c
This series is just what I was looking for! I have been playing Skyrim on my XBox 1 for a couple years, and I am going to play it on PC. In the last video (The Overview), he is right.....modding the game on console IS different than on PC. Thank you for this series, it is helping me a lot!!
3:11 Probably someone else in the comments mentioned this already, but you cant install Steam games on to the same drive Windows is on outside of program files. The Steam client installs to program files and you cant have two steam game locations on a single drive. If you only have a single drive or your OS drive is your only SSD, then the best solution is to use drive management to shrink the OS partition and create a new second partition on the SSD. Then install steam games to the new partition.
Another option, if you have 2 drives and windows is the only SSD, is to uninstall steam from C and reinstall it on the slower second drive. Then install the games to C in a folder NOT inside any of the windows created folders
NB: Moving programs off of the C drive could cause issues. e.g. secondary drives may be set to sleep if inactive and so can cause long pauses when you try to access them
@@aielias89 Yep, but most people will install steam to the default location and so to follow instructions telling them to not install steam games in the programs files directory but to keep it on C they will need to backup all their games, uninstall steam, reinstall steam outside of program files, put back the game data and then redownload the games. Unless you know a quicker way?
My C drive is an NVME. I have steam client installed in program files and I have a second partition where the steam games are installed to.
This comment helped me a ton, Thank you!
0:39 I love the way you choose your words. I can see this series is going to be a fun ride. XD
I played Skyrim SEE modding for a long time using vortex but didnt rly know what i was doing , just following some guides for some specific mods but that was all...I ended up with around 50 mods installed and i just messed up my game and got countless errors and couldnt run my game anymore and couldnt find a fix until i decided to just start all over again just clean and i apprieciate the series its just what i needed.
Im new to modding, and I can not say how much I appreciate this guide
Too everyone having problems with only having your one drive availaible. Go into Disk Management, Rightclick on your c: drive and click shrink you can then create a virtual secondary drive by basically cutting off extra space from your main one. This is a great way to make backups. I just used this method to take 75gb off of my C: drive just for skyrim.
How do you access the separate drive? Sorry I know this is old but I kinda need the help ^^;
I gotta say, something about your voice is so understanding and straight forward....ya just maken sense
Perfect timing. I just bought SE today and haven't done any modding for years. Thanks for providing exactly what I need exactly when I need it!
lol got se for free when it came out.
never played it
You know, I've been wondering where all of my disc space went.
Well, I just figured out that it went to the 100 GIGS OF MODS I HAVE DOWNLOADED. Thanks for the guide man, it helped a lot!
Just coming back to modding after a 4(?) year break (back when SE was young, SKSE64 was barely functional and oldrim was still preferred by a lot of modders). Man, I really miss the soothing tones of Gopher's MO1 guides. This is a tutorial video by a guy who sounds like he's sick of explaining the stuff he's teaching. There was a point where I literally caught myself expecting him to add "you piece of shit" to the end of a sentence. "Why did I think he was gonna say that?", I asked myself, until I realized that it would be consistent with his tone through the whole video.
The guy probably spent hours making this vid and deciding what way he would explain a very helpful tip to new comers. He’s absolutely right. Windows overprotects software in program files which then cause issues with mods like papyrus. When downloading that file it threatened windows security. You have to spend time figuring how to work around that for many mod tools and downloads from various sites considered untrustworthy by windows but are safe to use. He’s saving ppl dealing with that by installing it to a more external less protected memory bank. The tone is one of “oh! please don’t do this.. just save yourselves the hassle peeps.” Great video. It will also drop your load times considerably in game loading and when installing and deploying mods.
Does everything he said seem obvious to you? Like breathing? Because its like learning a new language for me, I barely learned any computer stuff in school, so I need the step by step and explanations
Thank you so much I messed up mine and been trying to fix it and you have helped me so much I wish more people make vids like this
Your voice is so soothing and everything is so understandable. Thanksm now I have a fresh new skyrim I can mod again.
Well that's annoying and inconvenient as all hell. Steam won't even let you change the directory if it's on the same drive...
Probably not relevant now since it was 4 months ago, but all you do to get round this problem is make sure ALL steam applications are closed (including task manager stuff like bootStrapper) and simply go into your programs folder and "cut" the steam folder and paste it in your root directory (The directory that has the ACTUAL program Files, program Files(x86) folders etc.) and the "Steam" folder should appear in this root directory. That removes it from program files and changes the location of steam. Since it's now been moved, all the exe's won't respond on your computer, make sure to click into Steam folder; find and run Steam.exe simply just pin it to your task bar for future reference and run it from task bar when ever you load steam up and you're done. Skyrim is now moved away from program files, happy modding.
@@craignichols9552 You just saved me so much time thank you :) .
@@craignichols9552 You just saved me, thanks man
@@craignichols9552 Thanks a lot eh!
@@craignichols9552 So now I just simply install Skyrim on this C rooted copy of Steam? I no longer need to change folders in the download section? as its naturally not a program file anymore?
Bro this vidéo is still in my music favorite play list, and I'll still liste to it
Did not know about the do not install in programs directory, helped a lot, thank you. (subed for that alone)
I didnt know not to store modded games on same ssd as operating system.
You saved me alot of headaches
Skyrim anniversary edition is coming soon, can’t wait for a remastered tutorial for this
Very useful and clear video for us simple people. Thank you!
the guide is next level! Can´t wait to watch the next video!
I only have one hard drive so I will need to install into C. However, Steam will not let me change the default directory. It gives me a pop up that says I already have a directory in C and steam will do it for me. Any help? For now, it seems I have to download to program files until I figure this out.
you can only have 1 directory per drive, so you'll need to reinstall steam
i only have the c folder and it only comes up with the program folder, i feel stupid but how on earth am i supposed to fix this?? how can i possibly install it in any other folder
yeah me to, I search it and they say that you got to change the libraryfolders.vdf but it did not work for me.
For me I moved "steam" to C drive "games folder". Do this by finding your steam folder in program files and delete everything EXCEPT 1- steamapps file folder 2- user data file folder 3- steam application. Now highlight the 3 remaining folders and right click and choose cut. Then highlight either your C drive or C drive games file folder and right click and choose paste. Now start steam and it will automatically add the other junk back in when it see's you moved it.
I haven't had too many problems with load times, I have 1000gb with 300 available. When I am finished modding I usually end up with about 100gb still free, my load times are about 2-3 mins to start the game and 20-30 seconds to respawn or exit/enter a building. I use a gtx 1060 6gb, 4k monitor, 3840x2160 res, ram16gb, AMD Ryzen3 1200 quadcore. So it's about 1 or 2 notches below what he is using and graphics hover between medium and high settings. I also stay away from ENB's and grass mods.....and have only a few small 4k mods installed. I think it looks and preforms about 65% of what this video is showing you.
idk if this will answer your question. but if you are unable to create a new steam libraby to install game somewhere else besides the normal steam installation. go to your steam app. press steam on the top left. open settings. go to downloads. and press steam libraby folders. it will open a small window showing all available existing. and you can add new steam librabys
*You watched a video about modding and got +100 intelligence*
*But since you knew most of the stuff, you only kept +2 intelligence*
*Also, since you deleted your entire Skyrim without knowing that you already did everything the video tells you to do, you lost -50 intelligence*
Long story short, this tutorial was to do stuff that I ALREADY did, but since I'm stupid and don't think before acting, I uninstalled my game, and all my installed mods, so I have to wait a looong time to get everything back...
of you lost -50 intelligence wouldn't that mean you gained 50 intelligence?
zhang Bill -48, think it through.
Holy shit, this video worked!! I haz a braaaaaains!!!
@@mrsullied lost -50 = - -50 = +50
thats how math works
@@zhangbill1194
Gain 100 = +100
Kept 2 = 2
Lost 50 = -48
Thats how english works ^^
There's a program to create a second library on the same SSD for steam. This saved me a lot of time as all I had to do was move the install folder for Skyrim SE but you'll make up for it in the future if you plan on modding other games.
Cool man, ty. This was very helpful. I just started using mods in the game and before I knew it, my mod list really had no scheme into how I was planning to play the game and I had alot of mods I'd might consider to be bloatware as I was running or even turning off duplicate operations. I would say the best way to enjoy a load out is to make an organized list of mods that are best at what they do. And pick n choose very specifically based on how you are planning to play during that mod list
🎶So fresh and so clean, clean🎶
I know this was posted 3 years ago but would doing anything in the video make my game look like that with a baked potato for a PC lol, I mean I sometimes get 60 FPS just standing around doing nothing lol, but i get at most if i'm luck like 30ish FPS lowest i've gotten was a whopping 6PS in combat? But I'll still watch the video and try cause for some reason I trust you :).
Also I will add that for me in my case of having games on an external SSD I haven't really noticed any big changes to loading times with a few mods, but I have noticed it with only Skyrim other games load the same and some load a little quicker then others only by 3 seconds, thanks for that advice, I'll most likely use another drive.
I just made a clean install. It was my first time modding, but I just was too uninformed and even though everything worked and I was truly learning along the way....the game became too buggy for me......I never got past Bleak Falls Barrow. THIS TIME! I WILL BE STRONGER AND SMARTER.
Thanks for the video! I've been installing mods for years but I never knew the points you covered.
Well, now what? I wonder. Because Steam refuses to let me make a new folder in the C: drive, and I don't have another drive to install it :(
Ignore what he said there, you can keep Skyrim in the C drive without any issues. He's talking shit. I've been playing and modding the game for years. You won't have a problem keeping it there.
@@GreenFalcon926 some mods need certain permissions by default your c drive has some permission isseus but they are easilly fixed
Steam won't let me make a new folder on my SSD, it just sais ''steam drive already have library folder''
dude thank you so much! this is so helpful to get my foot in the door with modding!
Does installing steam to a separate folder in the C drive, which is not under either program files folder, help avoid the administrator problems that can be encountered
Exactly. :)
I cannot do anything about having steam download skyrim to a modded games folder in my c drive root directory as it says 'selected drive already has a steam library folder. steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you' and my modded games folder that i had created doesn't show up when i am installing the game.
edit: i found out how to fix this issue on my own, i will leave this up for anyone with the same issue; you have to re install steam out of your program files folder and into your c drive root directory
Life saver. Thanks.
harris.n no problem
Root directory ?
Very informative and objective!
Steam now has an option to move the game directory, so no need to uninstall/reinstall.
I am having an issue where at 7:47 after pressing play I get stuck in an infinite loop of launching and waiting. What can I do to fix this?
I’m not very computer savvy and new to modding. Anyway, I moved steam to my new ssd, but I noticed you left steam in your C root directory and created a steam library folder in your D root directory. Could I have both in my new ssd root directory without any issue? Or would that be redundant?
Steam doesn't allow you anymore to change your installation folder. When I try to do so steam just says "Selected drive already has a library folder. Steam will manage multiple games install in a single folder for you" and thus doesn't let me create a second library folder.
yep so just put it in C for me my only SSD my other drives are hdd, its just a good idea to put it on a different ssd drive than the os but it can still go on C drive. If you fuc it up then uninstall and put it back on your E or F drive....
@7:34 I encounter the following error "An error occurred while installing The Elder Scrols... Edition (disk write error). I looked on the interwebs for a solution but I couldn't fix it. I really enjoy your guides, and I think you are brilliant for this. I would like to continue the process but I am stuck. I could really use some help. I hav no Skyrim to mod at this point.
FYI...make sure the SteamLibrary folder on your drive is empty. Le sigh.
Steam won't let me add another steamapps game directory on the same drive. And I only have 1 SSD on my PC. So it's forcing me to use the steam directory in my "program files" to download Skyrim into...
How do i get around this to have a clean install of Skyrim outside of program files, and just on my C:\ drive?
if i want to set my steam games library to somewhere else but in the same drive, it says it cant. i installed steam on the d: disk and want to make skyrim install on a seperate folder (steam libraries, just like you did/said) and same d: disk, but steam just doesnt make it work. it worked for you because you had steam downloaded on the C: disk and changed game libraries to the d: disk.
btw the discord server doesnt work or something. i asked something in the modding help server and nobody that responds
Your steam installation folder will already have a games library by default and you can only have one library per drive. Just make sure your steam is installed where you want the library to be and it'll be fine.
@@aielias89 shit i messed up then😂 i downloaded steam on C but set the game library to D and it worked. Will it make any difference?
@@ALTAI38 No that's fine too.
Hey I'm getting back into modding and wanted to ask something. My local c drive is my ssd. Should I buy another one for modding? You said in here use an ssd but not your local c drive. Thanks! PS. My other drive (F) drive is a 2tb hd I don't want to play Skyrim on a HD.
Hey man I am having some serious problems creating a new folder on the SAME DRIVE for my Steam Library that is not Program Files, it keeps insisting that Steam will automatically pile everything into programs data and gives me an alert noise every time I attempt to create the new folder. I cannot proceed until I get past this seemingly simple to solve hurdle that I cant find the solution to.
I would literally pay you for a Skype support call right now I am INFURIATED at this restriction!
Hello! not the person you're hoping to hear from BUT I too am in a position to take full advantage of Ai Cave's advice. For them to leave out the instructions for moving the folders AFTER telling people that the default 'Program Files' and 'Program Files(x86)' locations cause issues is... an over sight. Loking forwards to a link or vid on how to successfully set up a new install path etc. Best wishes to your endeavours as well Killjoy.Z!
This is an explanation I found on Steam's website. Going to try it now. Wish me luck lol!
Moving a Steam Installation and Games
support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129
Looking forward to this series, how do I do a clean uninstall of skyrim on my puter to prep it for reinstall?
@@aielias89 thanks man, will that delete it from my computer as well? I already started trying to mod it but want to start over and follow your guide. Thanks!
You could also FRESH install steam and then change games / downloads directory from the steam's options. You will have all your newly downloaded games in that newly designated folder.
Please, also note, that you would have to move / link (MKLINK command) your download folder (inside steam's) to that location in order for steam to "see" those.
ALSO: you can do same trick with your saves folder. Say you want your game to save your games in drive E: instead of C: - then you do it like so:
MKLINK /D E:\Your_New_Skyrim_saves_dir "C:\Users\your_user\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Saves"
Just remember:
1. Move your skyrim saves directory to a new destination
2. be sure to delete the default location (C:\....Skyrim Special Edition\Saves)
3. Use quotes shown above. Windows Explorer doesn't react well to blank spaces in directories' names :-)
4. You probably have to run this command with system administrator privileges.
5. Enjoy.
Now, if you happen to remove your skyrim's dir on your drive C: they are still safe on that other drive :-)
What do you mean at 4:55 by uninstalling Skyrim Special Edition using your games DRM?
One thing that was missing in this video. It is important to not give a try on using an SD card as an installation root for your Steam games. The loading for DATA's will be slower and crappy and you don't want this to happen. It is well recommended to use an INTERNAL HDD or SSD instead of external. In conclusion, it is best to use a DESKTOP gaming pc instead of a Laptop unless you truly have a powerful one with lots of space in your SSD root.
Finally found a guide i was looking for!! I rly super like your work here. *QUESTION: can i follow this guide with my skyrim legendary edition?
For the most part yes, Just be sure to use the regular Skyrim Nexus.
im confused on my save games folder. the location you mentioned contains all my saves for a playthrough i did 2 years ago, but my current save is nowhere to be found. obviously it exists *somewhere* on my machine because my game can load it up perfectly fine. but i have absolutely no clue where to find it
Thank you for this, so helpful :D
I literally reset my entire windows pc to prepare for modding skyrim
All my games are installed in Program Files on C:, How do i install them out of Program Files but still in C: drive? (It's the only ssd I have.)
looking for the same answer
i find this on a steam support..
If you're low on space on the drive you have Steam installed, you can move the Steam folder to a different location. Here's an example of how to move the Steam installation between two hard drives:
-Log out and exit Steam
-Navigate to the folder where Steam is installed (by default: C:\Program Files\Steam\)
-Delete all of the files and folders except the SteamApps folder and Steam.exe
-Cut and paste your Steam folder to the new location, for example: D:\Games\Steam\
-Launch Steam
-Steam will briefly update and then you will be ready to play
-All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder D:\Games\Steam\Steamapps\
I have a question... yall do know how to just Partition your hard drive? It makes it so virtually there is more than one drive but hardware wise it is just one. So if you have a tb ssd you can set it to a 750 gb drive and a 250 gb drive. People often just have their operating system on one drive and everything else on another incase of a virus or something of the sort.
Awesome video thanks 🙂
On my new laptop there is win 11 & only C drive, for some reason i can't pick another folder to install the game on. I tried, it still installs it on program files anyway! Dude i think this guide needs a little update on win 11 & Skyrim AE
Hi, thanks heaps for this! Just what I needed. Not to be impatient at all ;) but what's the ETA for the next installment?
So question… I watched this video and it’s great information, but I haven’t downloaded Skyrim yet… Does that mean I can skip a lot of this videos steps since technically I have a clean vanilla install already when I download?
Hey man, thanks for the vid. Only one thing though; at 4:05 where it says your username, i don't have have one. Is there maybe a way to fix this?
I'm getting:
"Selected drive already has a Steam library folder. Steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you."
Me too
Probably means we will have to uninstall Steam and have it set the library elsewhere once we reinstall. I don't think it's possible to have two separate libraries on the same drive. Unfortunate.
What if I just bought the game and installed it, do I still need to do all this stuff?
I have that same question
You've probably already figured this out by now, but no. I'm pretty sure this guide is just for people who've already installed mods and want a clean start.
do you still need to do this in 2022?
You dont need separate ssd. Make a partition on ssd big enough to fit it and mods. Move em there. Easy.
That's another way to do it yes.
You're talking about a separate SSD for installing Skyrim, to avoid installing on C: drive. I agree with this, but does it have to be a separate physical SSD or is it enough to have a second partition on the same SSD with C: drive? The latter is probably enough if you're just worried about permission issues, but maybe you have some bottleneck in mind that will slow down the game because the operating system is on the same physical disk as the game?
I'm so confused, nothing comes up under "D/:" or whatever in the steam part of the video near the end.
In the first video you say that it is only supposed to be made for skyrim remastered, but i only have the original one so do these tutorials apply?
Mostly yes, just don't use special edition mods obviously. Also don't forget to use ENBoost and all the other utility mods to fix Oldrim's stability.
Ai Elias Thanks for the help but I can’t find the unofficial patch for the non legendary edition of the game on nexus. Could you help me out?
@@noelbu Search USLEP in Google, it'll be the first thing to show up.
Hello there I have just downloaded Skyrim Special Edition through Steam and it installed in the program files folder.In one of your videos you mention that you can save time by copying the data folder from the skyrim folder to the new skyrim folder you created and then you uninstall and reinstall skyrim in the new path you created.Does that mean that you save time from the redownload time it takes to download skyrim? Please let me know because my internet speed is extremely low and I can not redownload the whole thing from scratch.Thank you very much anyway,keep up the great work and thank you for making these guides I am just getting into modding.
Hiya,
I am new to your channel and sorry for my newby questions,
what are the benefits of Mod Organiser compared to Nexus & Vortex ? (aware vortex is update to nexus).
I am currently about to start Fallout 4 after breaking it last time around due to installing mods or doing something in game were i lost all audio and was not able to get back the sound, i have heard of MO for a while now but was a bit scared to use it as i was under the impression that it was more for the developer or mod maker, don't ask why i thought that i just did, i have learnt my modding skills from the TH-camr Gopher who to be fair is very meticulous and had been a great help to us Newby Modders,
Hi, welcome! Alright so, one benefit of MO2 is that you won't have to reinstall your entire game if you mess up something. Just select a new profile and whalla. Another HUGE benefit is that you can manually sort your INSTALLATION order without uninstalling and reinstalling mods in a particular order (just drag and drop). Real time saver that. It also has a bunch of awesome features for filtering when your modlist is overflowing and overall it was designed to work specifically with Creation Engine games unlike Vortex/NMM which are desgined to be universal. Overall, more power and less frustration in the long run.
@@aielias89 thank you very much, i have two more questions which are
should i totally un-install nexus and all mods if this is possible before i start ?
also i use steam so hoping path is the same for MO2 as it was for Nexus ie...
documents/steam/steamapps/common/fallout 4/data/ for my mods ?
and for the script extender the above but /fallout 4/ part for SE ?
Hope you can help as i have yet to complete fallout 4 and the DLC'S and i do love the fallout games and while got some time of work i would love to playagain
@@kaltonian It's bad practice to use multiple mod managers/steam workshop/Bethesda Net so I would. If you are switch to MO2, be sure you have a clean install of your game and unsubscribe from any Workshop or BethNet mods. That way you don't get weird conflicts. You can customize the directory in the MO2 installer but I make a suggestion for where I believe it to be best.
@@aielias89 yeah it's the only reason i am considering it is because of a new clean instalation of game and I have never used any mods from Bethesda only nexus, i noticed in my nexus folder that the mods are still there but not activated so if i delete nexus it should delete all mods yeah ?
Anyway thank you so much for replying you now have a new subscriber 😊👍
@@kaltonian I would assume that it would delete everything there. Just make sure there's nothing left in Skyrim's data folder and you're golden!
Hi Ai Clave; I'm sorry I don't speak a good English but I try to explain my dubts.
First of all thanks for your guides they have been very usefull for me ... but I have a question to avoid any wrong installation of SSE ...
Let me begin
1) Youi said the "most important thing" is to don't use Programms files to install Steam and/or SSE ...; this is reasonable but unfortunately I have have just one TB SSD in my NotebookGaming PC ... so first question is which is the best solution in your opinion ?
A) To Buy a "separate SSD" with 1TB (or less) too with a speed over 1000Mb/s ... (3.1 new USB solution)
B) Create different folders for 1)Steam, 2)SSE installation (i.e. SteamSSE) and for 3)MO2 (i.e. SteamMO2mods) ? ...
C) Install SSE under Steam (just to let you better understand --> leaving Steam the default installation) ...
In my opinion this "first" step is very important because in your video you said that installing SKSE64 you have to copy the files & folders under C:\Steam\Steamapps\Common etcetera ... which is different from what you are saying in your "Clean Installation Guide video" ...
So I'm sorry but I'm just a little bit confuse; so which is the "best solution" to apply for a first time installation in a new PC ?
Many thanks in advacnce for your replies ...
Ciao
Stefano (Milan)
Would placing mod utilities in a hdd be fine or does it strictly have to be on a ssd?
@@aielias89 I'm sorry I actually didn't get that, "keep on the same drive" as in a ssd or hdd?
@@aielias89 ok now its clicking, thanks bro ! I'm enjoying your content keep it up 👍
@@aielias89 well I hope all goes well for you man, looking forward to your future content I'm sure I'm speaking for many of your viewers when I say that 🤙
I did a reinstall and when I attempted to run the game, Steam started restoring deleted save games. I don't know how many they have, but each one takes about 15 seconds to be restored and the game appears unable to fully start until the process is complete. There could be hundreds of saves so this could take a very long time. It would have been nice to know how to prevent this part.
Can you do a clean install with these steps with MO2 still installed? Or would you have to delete it as well as loot?
8:08 Was that a Strong Bad reference?
XD I think it was a song originally.
"Selected Drive has a Steam Library Folder. Steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you" Fucking great so I can't even do the first step :) Guess I'll just hail mary it with good ol' steam!
why do you keep pressing on that you should change the install location?
does it break everything?
@@aielias89 ok thanks, i was skimming through the vid and didnt pick up on that
so when you go into the steam apps to check if the skyrim folder is there and if it is there you must delete it right.
How do I do a clean install of MO2??? I screwed something up somewhere after the tutorials ran out and I need to start over-- but, I never get the option of selecting "instance" or "portable," anymore-- not since my first attempt. More disastrously, I'm stuck with programs that are no longer present on my hard drive listed on the MO2 drop-down menu. If I try to install them, I can; but, they don't appear as installed mods on the lists, which is, I presume, a sign that things are not installed correctly.
I'd have a shot, at least, at getting this damned program to work if I could only get a clean start at installing things; but, despite my best efforts, I can get nowhere with this after days of aggravatingly little (no) progress. I've learned many things that _don't_ work; I'm out of new ideas for anything more promising. This is strongly recommended as the mod organizer to use, now, after about 15 years of my using FOMOD and NMM. I am very lost when it comes to installing things like FNIS on MO2, even trying to follow a tutorial, I guess; but, I expected trial-and-error to be an option for learning this. Apparently, since I didn't 100% succeed on my first attempt, I'm permanently shut out of this goddamned program. I'm no stranger to clean installs, but, this seems to store information in some unnamed dynamic link library or God-only-knows what, and I haven't a clue as to what to do other than give up until I get some help. All I can do, now, is repeat things that already haven't worked, and I've tired of that insanity.
P L E A S E H E L P ! ! !
when I try to tell steam where to download skyrimse to it says it already has "selected drive already has a steam library, steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you" and then when i hit ok the folder i created on the root C: directory doesnt show up...what do i do?
specific folder
I'm having this issue right now... Did you ever figure it out?
Can you make such modding guide for Fallout 3 and New Vegas ?
Love this playlist, thank you for the help!
One question: Is it bad to install to an SSD if you're not installing to the root directory? I already have my file location for steam games in my SSD but it's setup like this (R:\Folder\SteamLibrary) rather than (R:\SteamLibrary) like yours is.
i have a problem, i made a folder just for my modded games on my 2nd ssd which i use for unmodded games in a different folder. anyways when i go to install a game to the modded one that folder doesnt show up in steam only the folder that holds my unmodded games
Ever heard of MO 2 doesn't polute your data folder
Hey 1st time sub just want to say thank you for the well thought out and easy to follow guide 100% clean install. It is good to see this, as alot of what is out there is all over the place if you ask 5 people what the best setup is you will get 40 different answers that have nothing to do with the Question in the first place. I myself am new to modding skyrim, However The game is better with mods then without makes a 10 year old game feel new and fresh. With that said Will you be using the tools associated with skyrim ie Loot,ssse wyre bash ans such i dont need a hand hold but a basic this is what these tools are used for and this is how you do it Guide would be amazing Wyre, sseedit and some of the tools are not easy to use even reading through them its made more for the content creator rather then just the modded game user if that makes sence but the tools are made to optimize installs like cleaning folders or making simple bash edits, the main issue ive run into as of today after 6+ fresh installs is now overwrites i still do not understand why stuff from example lovelabs would interfere or have anthing to do with say a visual mod like flora. with all that ive spent the better part of the last 5 day researching and trying to learn the new tools and i really hope this is my final stop. casu thus far it is the best yet. This is not rocket science but very time consuming the rabbit holes you can dig omg it is amazing.
@@aielias89 absolutely just need a link the one in description doesn't work for desktop.
@@aielias89 i was over there figured it out and nooone was around will be back shortly
names is stryker in discord
I dont have any mods yet. Can I still do the thing where you copy your files to the new folder instead of uninstalling and reinstalling skyrim? I would have to leave home again and soend another hour downloading. 😅
"I'm gonna make you a smart modder" Proceeds to make me feel stupid. How do I install games to something other than program files?
5:28 explains how, make sure you have a separate storage space and follow the steps or just copy what he does
Exactly how/ how much would I suffer is I installed on cdrive? I'm playing on my uni laptop and I can't afford an external ssd. I'm pretty sure I have decent/ok specs if that plays a part in it.
Just split the drive mate
I use a gaming laptop for Skyrim. Since i cant put an SSD inside of it, would it be stupid to invest into an external SSD to use for Skyrim and Modding?
Only_Davus sorry it will be stupid to play skyrim on a laptop. I’d rather save money for a new desktop
@@looots1320 My laptop thinks otherwise...
I even connect it to my 4K projector and it looks freaking awesome!
@@topgopnik lucky you then, the laptop available for me 3-5 years ago were only Nvidia optimus versions, they never release non optimus ones. since optimus conflicts with ENB or other High graphics modding it was very bad for Skyrim, same with other games. now I don't know the 2019 laptop versions, although pretty sure the high end desktop still win by a mile vs laptop ones.
do I have to use ultra?
when I do on any game they wont work and I have to change things.
Ai Elias for some reason so game just won’t play on my computer
I got fallout 4 and new Vegas to work
Fallout 3 still locks up when I go into combat
@@aielias89none its basic. even the company was having trouble getting it fixed.
@@aielias89 I am having prob's auto cleaning two of the basic mods I run the clean but they still show error.
I'm really confused about this. So we are making a duplicate and testing on that to then add to the main save
Also I am doing this for Fallout 4 I know most steps are basically the same and have most of this down. I am just doing it to familiarize myself with the whole process so I don't have to refer back to the videos every time. Would a full on Fallout4 series of the same thing be stupid to ask for?
MO2 default working directory is User/AppData. I always symlink to a non OS hdd, preferably to the same disk as the game is installed. To have MO2 loading mods from the disk containing Windows is a big downside IMO.
yanno if you make these videas with ALL of your screen in the picture so we can actually see where these file directories go, youll cut the number of questions given to you by half, just adding the URL at the top of the screen would tremendously help newbie modders who havent got a clue what your saying or doing either because your doing it too quickly to actually be traced or your talking about files that youve accidently changed the name of, for example, some people might be modding in a seperate folder or with multiple game folders, if we can see exactly which file your in then just saying 'game file' wouldnt sound so confusing